“I’m working just for this fight,” Silva on Thursday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I know after this fight, many people will talk about a title fight, or a fight with Cain Velasquez. But I’m fighting this fight, and I just want to win this fight. After Feb. 2, I’ll think about the other fight.”

Velasquez, the UFC’s heavyweight champ after a dominating win over Junior Dos Santos this past month at UFC 155, already owns a win over Silva. He stopped him in the first round at UFC 146 this past May to earn his rematch with Dos Santos.

That loss was the second in a row for Silva, and it came in his long-awaited UFC debut. Before that, he lost in the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament semifinals to eventual winner Daniel Cormier – also by first-round knockout.

A title shot may not be something Silva is counting on, but it’s also not something he’d turn down.

“Yeah, it would be a dream come true,” Silva said. “But if the UFC says I should fight another guy and not Cain Velasquez, I just want to fight the best guys. Me, I love my job. I love what I do. I just want to fight.”

Loving his job on Saturday will come as a 3-to-1 underdog against Overeem, who fights for the first time in more than a year. A win over the man widely regarded as the best striker in the heavyweight division, and perhaps the best striker in heavyweight history, would be nothing short of huge for “Bigfoot.”

With a win against Fedor Emelianenko, widely considered the best heavyweight of all time, already under his belt, Silva would own a pair of wins over a pair of legends.

But for Silva, there’s no comparison. Fedor gets the nod.

“Fedor (was bigger),” he said. “Fedor was a very, very fast guy. He’s a legend in this sport. He didn’t lose for 10 years. He had 30 fights when I fought him, and just one loss. This guy (Overeem) is 32-11. Fedor is a legend.”

But a win over Overeem, to go with a win over Emelianenko? Would that make Silva a legend, himself?

“I don’t know,” he said. “The people know about that. The people, the media. But I’ll be in a good situation if I win this fight.”

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